http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Tristan H. Cockcroft offers up his hitter rankings and looks at the rather unimpressive crop of rookie hitters so far, but says the bigger bats are still on the way.]]> May 08, 2013 08:47:37 PDT Tristan H. Cockcroft highlights pitchers who met specific criteria in 2012, which can be used to predict strong future performance.]]> March 08, 2013 09:13:02 PST Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at the impact of the Houston Astros' move to the American League, including the many changes in interleague play.]]> February 15, 2013 07:15:00 PST Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses players who may not qualify at positions you might expect in fantasy, as well as those who may offer more flexibility.]]> February 07, 2013 05:53:14 PST Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at the fantasy implications of the impending R.A. Dickey trade to the Blue Jays, plus deals for Ryan Dempster and Anibal Sanchez.]]> December 17, 2012 10:08:15 PST Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the fantasy implications of Tuesday's Reds-Indians-Diamondbacks trade involving Shin-Soo Choo, Drew Stubbs and Trevor Bauer, among others.]]> December 12, 2012 05:55:53 PST Tristan H. Cockcroft has his early 2013 relief pitcher rankings and forecasts each team's potential closer situation for next year and the rest of the 2012 season.]]> September 13, 2012 06:42:52 PDT Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the Red Sox's and Dodgers' closer situations, examines strength of schedule for relievers and updates his relief pitcher rankings.]]> August 30, 2012 08:07:53 PDT Tristan H. Cockcroft updates his top 125 hitter rankings and breaks down the stats to find which teams have the best and worst hitting matchups for the remainder of the season.]]> August 29, 2012 11:28:16 PDT Tristan H. Cockcroft updates his top 100 starting pitcher rankings and looks at high-upside starting pitchers who are coming back from injury, including CC Sabathia, Brandon Morrow and Shaun Marcum.]]> August 21, 2012 06:02:17 PDT Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses a handful of players available in most ESPN standard leagues who could make an offensive splash late in the season.]]> August 15, 2012 04:54:33 PDT Tristan H. Cockcroft offers up a handful of pitchers available in many ESPN leagues who have the potential for big things down the stretch.]]> August 14, 2012 06:42:56 PDT Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses how trade deadline action affects the hitters involved the rest of the way.]]> August 01, 2012 03:55:20 PDT Tristan H. Cockcroft examines the peripheral stats of six players in his top 100 starting pitcher rankings who were traded in the past five days, including Ryan Dempster and Zack Greinke, and sets his new ranks.]]> July 31, 2012 13:26:19 PDT AJ Mass discusses which pitchers may be due for a dropoff thanks to increased workload.]]> July 24, 2012 05:47:05 PDT